My husband, who is 40 has had Type 1 Diabetes (insulin dependent) since he was 7 years old.  He keeps in fantastic health and all his regular diabetic specialist tests are well within range.  He exercises regularly and does not eat any junk food - perfect health basically!

 I was wondering if readers had any suggestions on what additional low-key support he can give his internal organs to assist his body in dealing with diabetes as he get older.  His very progessive Doctor suggested probiotics.  Other ideas I've heard is accupuncture.  Or then again is what he is doing through diet and exercise enough?

Many thanks

Hi

Alkaline diets are usually very good at helping with diabetes.  You could check out "Great Taste No Pain" by Sherry Brescia - you can find her on the internet.  She is also allied to a probiotic called Super Shield - apparently it's all singing, all dancing but I don't have any personal knowledge as it's a new product.

You could also check out the book "The pH Miracle" by Dr Robert Young which is all about alkaline eating.

I wish you and your husband well.

Sue 

Hi,

My number 1 recommendation would be to eat to his Metabolic Type...read The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wollcott or go to www.robinallan.com and go to free health assessments...do the test and follow the recommendations listed.

He needs to eat saturated animal fats from organic,free range sources and avoid the following like the plague:

Sugar...Grains...Cereals (interstingly "official" Diabetes info advises sufferers to avoid saturated animal fats and consume cereals and grains!!!)...artificial sweeteners...anything with "diet" or "lite" in the name...pasteurised dairy products (raw dairy is FAR better)...salt (sea salt is ok)...white flour.

Some great websites are:

www.mercola.com

www.ppnf.org

www.karlloren.com

www.naturopath4u.com

Some great books are:

How To Eat,Move and Be Healthy by Paul Chek

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A Price

Pottengers Cats by Francis Marion Pottenger

In my opinion the nutrition advice from the diabetes world is just pathetic and must be sponsored by the processed food and sugar manufacturers...any source which tells you processed sugar is NOT a cause of diabetes and that you must consume it if you have low blood sugar has NO interest in health whatsoever.

Robin

 

 

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Have you seen the film Raw for 30 days? (www.rawfor30days.com), It follows a group of diabetics that follow a raw plant food diet for 30 days and all see a remarkable improvement, well worth a watch for inspiration.  I'm a nutritional therapist and i whole-heatedly belxieve in what these people are doing, hope this helps. x

Hi, I'm 45 & have had Type 1 IDD since I was about 7. I've not been a 'good' well-controlled diabetic & now have proliferative diabetic retinopathy. When I was diagnosed with this 2 years' ago, I did a lot of research into alternative & complementary approaches to diabetic retinopathy and altho' I've had to succumb & have laser to both eyes, would recommend taking Pycnogenol. There is a wealth of information about this herb on the internet (& I got my doctor friend to copy me a research paper from her hospital library). It is derived from the bark of Pinus maritimus - a pine tree which grows mainly in South France. It has all sorts of benefits, particularly for diabetics, including strengthening fragile blood vessels, cleaning up free radicals, oxidising the blood. I would have to dig out my research to list all the benefits...but you should be able to find them by googling, including refs to research papers (useful when you explain about it to various scathing health professionals). 

 

Apart from that I try to eat a mainly raw vegan diet. I have been vegan for many years & my consultant believes that's the reason my BP, cholestrol, blood pressure etc. are so good. I was pressured quite a bit to take aspirin as a preventative, as I am now over 40!!! I always resisted. I have since found (documented in 'proper' clinical trials) evidence that Pycnogenol is much more effective in preventing heart attacks without any side-effects (slight nausea is the only adverse effect ever reported). Aspirin is associated with increased risk of haemorrhage in the eyes in diabetic eye disease, as well as other nasties well reported here by WDDTY.

 

I know a man who has been IDD Type 1 for 70+ years (almost since birth) & has no complications, always makes me feel hopeful. 

 

Best wishes,   Ingrid 

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/

I have found the forums at diabetes.co.uk to be amazingly helpful. 

There are some very knowledgable regulars and many diabetics T1 and T2 who have gained much better control of their diabetes and have very tight contol of blood sugar levels.  It is tight contol that enables diabetics to minimise the risk of developing complications and reverse some of the early sage complications if they have already set in.  Succesful diabetics usually end up substantially reducing the amount of carbohydrates they eat and T1 diabetics manage their medication much better.

 

Clearly he's doing all the right things already which is great.   Beta carotene for his eyes may be helpful as well as chromium supplements.  Research is showing that a teaspoon of cinnamon a day also helps diabetes (I know type 1 is different to type 2 however I think the results are still positive).  I'm a Kinesiologist so I naturally would recommend a couple of Kinesiology sessions to test specifically what's best for him - it will look at his WHOLE system, chemical, emotional, nutritional, structural and electrical - even different brands of supplements will have different effects....  Good luck to you both.

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Linda Belcher
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www.lindabelcherhealthcare.co.uk

I have Type 2 diabetes and have been looking at many different methods of controlling my sugars having been diagnosed in 1999.

First thing.  Eliminate all sources of the artificial sweetener aspartame and do not drink cola drinks.

Try increasing Proteins and fat in the diet and reduce grains and sugars.  A polish doctor "Cures" all forms of Diabetes with a high fat diet. http://homodiet.netfirms.com/   Type 1 corrections do take much longer. 

Take  Chromium, Cinnamon and Vanadium suplements 

I have just seen a suggestion that Diabetes of all types is a symptom of Magnesium Deficiency.   There are many websites detailing why and they suggest that tea, coffee, cola, Aspartame and diuretics all deplete magnesium.  Mercury from dental fillings is removed by the body using Magnesium and most of us eat a diet that does little to top up the levels.

Magnesium is best applied to the skin as a spray or cream as ingested suplements are used mostly for the digestive system and are excreted.

I have only just started with the Magnesium cream and it does appear to be improving blood sugar levels but it is too early to shout it from the roof tops.  I intend to stick with it as, if I overdose, the body excretes the surplus and I will then be able to adjust the dosage. 

 

John James 

 

 

Judy,

If the diet recommended "by experts in the field with many years of experience in research and practice" actually worked, the incidence of diabetes would be going down not up.   I followed your kind of suggested diet for 30 years and could not lose weight, I became diabetic and have high blood pressure.

If you were absolutely correct we would not all be hunting the internet for cures or relying on drugs and insulin injections to stay well.

It is time the experts studied this matter properly because a high protein/fat diet is good for some people (Me included!)

Diabetics should monitor their conditions much closer if they try a change of diet but it might offer a good alternative.

John James 

 

 

Hi Judy,

The evidence is the healthy survival of the human race for millions of years eating organic foods available locally...if they couldn't catch it or it didn't grow it didn't exist so it was not consumed...over thousands of years people became designed to thrive on the very foods in the area they lived.

My advice is read The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wollcott...there is ample evidence contained therein.

Go to the Diabetes UK website and on the Your Questions Answered page it clearly states "eating sugar does not cause diabetes" it actually goes so far as to RECOMMEND adding table sugar to your diet as long as it doesn't exceed 1/5 of daily calories!!!...I really looked hard but couldn't find the Tate and Lyle logo but they HAD to be sponsoring that garbage info.

The Healthy Plate recommendation is largely refined,processed carbs like pasta,breads and rice which cause insulin to hit the roof.

Lots of fruit is also recommended...fruit contains FRUCTOSE which works the pancreas,raises insulin levels and promotes fat storage.

Saturated animal fats from an ORGANIC,FREE RANGE source are absolutely VITAL to health...50% of the cell wall is saturated fat and cholesterol is required for the production of hormones but we are told to avoid them...read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A Price and THEN tell me saturated fat causes heart disease.

Processed sugar is a POISON and should NOT be consumed by ANYONE especially diabetics.

If somebody is going hypo then organic fruit would be my choice and not processed sugar.

If Diabetes UK and the like really had peoples health at heart they would at the very least recommend eating ORGANIC quality food to and AVOID ALL PROCESSED GARBAGE FOODS LIKE THE PLAGUE...the fact they do not do this is because they and their "experts" are controlled and educated by the processed food and the drug industries.

Diabetes is a disease of MALNOURISHMENT....these people need REAL nutrition NOT the crap that is recommended by "the experts with many years experience" who in my opinion are the same "experts" who advise on cancer and heart disease and look where that has got us.

Yours in health.

Robin

 

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John.

If a particular diet was actually the cause of Diabetes then you would be correct. However, it is incorrect to say that diet causes Diabetes - either type 1 or type 2. But of course being overweight contributes to the cause of Type 2.

If you re-read my entry you will notice that I did not actually suggest any particular diet in any case and was simply trying to mitigate the potential damage caused by Blobby's advice that is not evidence-based.

Judy

Hi Blobby

I was after some specific well-conducted research published in peer-reviewed scientific journals which is what health professionals tend to use to back up their advice rather than books. 

Diabetes UK is actually a charity, and they provide valued support, advice and guidance to patients with Diabetes. They most certainly have patients' health at their heart - this being their fundamental ethos.

The Healthy Plate recommendation of 1/3 of daily intake is not simply refined processed carbohydrates. It's actually starchy carbohydrates which are recommended to be as unrefined as possible.

The rest of your statements are so wild and incorrect (e.g "causes insulin to hit the roof" - how would this happen if one were diabetic?) that it would take far too much time to respond to.

Judy

 

 

Hi Judy

I'm a bit confused about this diabetes issue.  My aunt and her son in law have both contracted diabetes.  They were told by their GP to immediately stop eating sugary foods and that their diets were the reason for their situation.

My mother also has a sweet tooth and recently was told by the doctor that she needed to change her diet in order to avoid diabetes.

I have read about alkaline diets and they claim to be able to help diabetic people reduce their medication.  As you are inferring that diet has absolutely nothing to do with diabetes, in your opinion are they lying?

With due respect, in various fields of nutrition I have noticed (as a layman) that new findings don't seem to be incorporated into the curriculum.  A friend has just been to a nutritionist and she was told exactly the same as I was told 20 years ago.  It was a one size fits all consultation.  Even on television the other week I heard a TV chef state that she was using margarine as a healthier alternative to butter.  I assume nutrition would be part of her professional credentials.  Who taught her this?

Sugar is indeed a poison - one which I can't always resist.  However, there is a price to pay other than weight gain.  If I eat too much sugar my eyesight is affected and it becomes blurred.  Come off the sugar and it improves immediately.

I don't know what country you are in, but I'm in the UK.  I am constantly horrified by the adverts promoting cereals for children which are sugar laden.  If a child doesn't want to drink milk then give it to them with a chocolate or strawberry coated straw.  I ask you!!

I know I have gone off the subject of diabetes to some extent, but I truly believe that diet does have a lot to do with it.  Definitely the stage 2 diabetes anyway.  I wonder if there were any diabetic cave men????

 Sue

 

Hi Judy,

If you base all your views on "scientific research" and what's in peer reviewed journals you will mostly get what the "science for hire" researchers want you to read because "research" is most definately bought and paid for by big business interests to condition you with their dogma.

About 85% of scientists that publish the research that you base your opinions on are on the pay roll of big corporations... so no conflict of interest there then.

There are some good charities out there for sure but the major diabetes,heart and cancer foundations are not among them.

These "charities" are just the PR arm of the drug companies and the processed food manufacturers and are there solely to PROMOTE their particular disease and make stacks of money treating symptoms...NOT cure or even prevent it.

The healthy plate diagram contains far too many hi GI carbs for most people and is a one size fits all approach which takes no account of each individuals genetic make up,race,bio chemical individuality,body type etc

Eating any sugar beats the hell out of the pancreas which is a primary cause of diabetes in the first place so how can it be healthy for someone who's pancreas is not functioning correctly.

My comments are "wild and incorrect" only when viewed from the allopathic,business as usual view point...common sense and the fact that in spite of billions of pounds in "scientific research", stacks of "specialists" and that diabetes,heart disease,cancer and a just about every other chronic degenerative disease is massively on the increase would tend to suggest otherwise.

Yours in Health

Robin

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Robin Allan
Chek Practitioner
Natural Health Coach

http://www.robinallan.com


robin_allan@hotmail.com

07967-366470